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Changing Epidemiology of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lung Diseases in a Tertiary Referral Hospital in Korea between 2001 and 2015.
Journal of Korean medical science - 19 Feb 2018
Ko Ryoung Eun, Moon Seong Mi, Ahn Soohyun, Jhun Byung Woo, Jeon Kyeongman, Kwon O Jung, Huh Hee Jae, Ki Chang Seok, Lee Nam Yong, Koh Won Jung
Abstract excerpt
This study investigated the changes in the major etiologic organisms and clinical phenotypes of nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease (NTM-LD) over a recent 15-year period in Korea. The increase of number of patients with NTM-LD was primarily due to an increase of Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) lung disease (LD). Among MAC cases, the proportion of M. avium increased compared with M. intracellulare, whereas...
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